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Standards are also essential for the interoperability of systems.
by zaik 4y ago
Standards are also essential for the interoperability of systems.
- tptacek 4y agoFormal standards aren't essential for interoperability.
- InitialBP 4y agoMaybe not "essential" but I'm willing to guess that a huge percentage of the modern web communicates over HTTP or HTTPS. "Essential" is interesting because you could definitely argue that HTTP isn't essential, but I don't think there is any feasible way of denying that the formalization and acceptance of early internet protocols (UDP, TCP, HTTP, FTP, etc) have played a significant role in shaping our modern technology world. In a similar way, having reasonable standards makes it easier for everyone that isn't an expert in a particular field to just use something that is likely to work reasonably well while they worry about some other special part of their idea.